My husband and I are at long last joining “The Grandparent’s Club” at the beginning of an exciting, joyful, adventure-filled roller-coaster ride. We can hardly wait! Wedding memories were “in the not too distant past” when on one rainy Sunday afternoon at our favorite Asian restaurant our son and daughter-in-law handed us their camera to [...]
Warts are so annoyingly persistent, and the liquid compounds and medicinal band-aids don’t seem to work for me. The warts would eventually return. A few years ago I had a little girl in my classroom, whose hand was covered with 30 or more warts requiring her to go to the doctor for examination. They were [...]
The Environmental Working Group published their annual produce list of the 12 vegetables and fruits having the highest pesticide levels in 2011. These are ones that you should avoid or try to buy organic. If you have no choice but non-organic, you should use a product to clean off most of the residues and wax [...]
Experts in the field of child development tell us that not all children will develop at the exact same rate; however there is an average range at which they will accomplish certain tasks and gain particular understandings. Saying that, the following list of accomplishments is a good rule of thumb. Babies 9-10 months of age [...]
Watching our first grandchild grow and develop is an exciting and joyous adventure! She loves her grandfather whose heart she captured when she grabbed his finger minutes after she was born. Recently because of her increased mobility we have had to constantly check our home for safety particularly in areas where she spends time when [...]
One of the more important concerns of aging relates to its effects on our brains. We have heard that the exercise slogan “use it or lose it” also applies to our brains. In the famous nun study published many years ago, it was determined that those nuns who were intellectually stimulated, kept a daily journal, [...]
What causes a fever? There are many things that can cause a fever. Fever is a symptom rather than an illness. It can be caused by a baby’s tooth coming through, a cold, tonsillitis, measles, mumps, possibly food poisoning or an earache. A fever can stem from any illness which has been caused by a [...]
As modern day grandparents we may have a few non-serious stresses which can cause irritation or burning of the eyes. Of course aging, allergies and in some cases; strain from looking at a computer screen for several hours a day can be common culprits. Our first resort is usually eye drops such as Tears Naturale [...]
My husband and I are trying to decide what kind of coffee maker we should buy. We have always wanted to buy quality, however, the last coffee maker we bought cost a lot of money and the coffee didn’t taste any different; then after two and a half years, the heating filament burned out. Do [...]
Findings which can affect the lives of our children and grandchildren were reported by psychologists Howard S. Friedman and Leslie R. Martin as they sifted through 80 years of research begun in 1921. Stanford University psychologist Lewis Terman tracked bright 10 year olds with his focus on intellectual achievement. However, his detailed interviews have provided [...]
“Cradle Cap” is a common condition of the scalp seen in babies as newborns up to small children 3 years of age. It is due to an excessively oily scalp caused by the transfer of the mother’s hormones to the baby at the end of the pregnancy. It appears as flaky white, yellow or brown [...]
